Title: Remote Link Issue
Last modified: February 28, 2018

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# Remote Link Issue

 *  [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/)
 * (@lahorimela)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/)
 * Hello,
    I want to ask that I am trying to add Remote file but when I click on
   the link, its generating the link like this
 * `https://sitename.com/download/https://othersitename.com`
 * And got error “Invalid File ID or File Name.”
 * Any help with this….
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/#post-10022960)
 * What is your remote file URL? Let me see if I can reproduce this on my end.
 *  Thread Starter [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/)
 * (@lahorimela)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/#post-10023555)
 * Its a full website link only..
 * `https://sitename.com`
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/).
 *  Plugin Author [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/#post-10023807)
 * It has to be a file rather than a site?
 *  Thread Starter [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/)
 * (@lahorimela)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/#post-10026537)
 * Cant we open the site? Can you upgrade it for site?

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 * Last reply from: [Xaib Aslam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lahorimela/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-link-issue/#post-10026537)
 * Status: not resolved